Radical Cleric Back on YouTube, Despite Video Purge

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Radical Cleric Back on YouTube, Despite Video Purge

That didn't take long. Less than a week after YouTube removed videos featuring jihadi cleric Anwar al-Awlaki – and less than a day since Awlaki dropped a new vid calling for the killing of Americans – clips of Awlaki's latest call to arms are available on, you guessed it, YouTube.

The video, entitled "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it," was released on jihadi websites via file-hosting services on November 8. That same day, clips of the video were uploaded to YouTube.

"Do not consult anyone in killing the Americans," Awlaki says in the video. "Fighting Satan does not require a jurisprudence. It does not require consulting. It does not need a prayer for the cause. They are the party of Satan, and fighting them is a matter of time. With them we reached: either us or you."